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experiments

Concave and convex mirror

Convergent and divergent lens

Determine the focal length of a lens

Focal length

Gauss approximation

Inverse square law

Joly photometer

Lens power

Luminous intensity

Magnifier and magnifying power

Photometry

Principles of Bi-concave, bi-convex lenses and mirrors

Prism

Refraction index

System of lenses

The compound microscope

The eye, hyperopic and myopic eye

The telescope

Thin lens equation

Experiments

Thin lens equation

If the converging lens has a focal length such that the system of the converging plus diverging lenses is still converging, it is possible to recover the focal length of the system by using the thin lens equation (valid in the “Gauss approximation”).